Happy Holidays, Cromer

Happy Holidays, Cromer looks back at the town from the water. The pier runs out from the right with its white pavilion roofs and a line of people along the deck, and beyond the beach a large red brick hotel with a green dome stands above the sea wall, a church tower rising behind the rooftops to the left.

CROMER PIER is lettered along the pier buildings, with NORFOLK and SEASALT collaged into the frontage beside it. Gulls are scattered across a pale sky.

Hand embellished limited edition, signed and numbered from an edition of 49.

"Being challenged daily and discovering new and exciting ways of pushing boundaries keeps me motivated. My mixed media landscapes have something to say, which I like to express with collage and typography."

---

Butler creates this narrative with an expert use of characterisation; the people that occupy his scenes, a stylised representation of society that has often been compared to L.S. Lowry, are complemented and modernised with Butler’s collages.His inclusion of newspaper text, slogans, statements or a single word, adds a depth and intrigue that keeps the audience hooked.This murmur from the artist, a quiet commentary accompanying the scene itself can be likened to the hum of the city, the gentle chatter of a metropolis. With this, Butler brings an essence of the City onto our walls and into our homes.